A/N: Since the day I saw Miroku's first episode for the first time I had this idea...

What They Should Do

Kagome looked around the battlefield. Inuyasha was standing as her shield, but maybe 'standing' wasn't the best word. It seemed only his pride and anger kept him from falling to his feet. The tip of Tessaiga was swaying just a little, but it was screaming volumes about how tired and pained the hanyou was. There were pink streaks in his hair, but no one - not even Shippou - wanted to poke fun at him, knowing very well it was because the hair absorbed blood.

Sango would look pretty sexy in her tight, torn in places battle suit, but the drool-worth image marred the fact that the exposed parts of Sango were covered in wounds and blood mixed with mud. She was standing beside Inuyasha, both fighters the last line of defense against Naraku's countless beasts and the vile hanyou himself.

Shippou stood to Inuyasha's other side, his tail twitching in fear. The kitsune, even if he had no battle skills, was aiding his friends with everything he could, providing distraction or engaging the multiple enemies with his little clones. But it seemed he had no tricks left up his sleeve.

Miroku was kneeling behind him, his body shaking when he was trying to control his pain and again use his curse to their benefit, despite the poison he already had sucked in. His face turned green and his breath was labored, but he refused to let go, to give up - just like the rest of them. Kagome was kneeling beside him, her ankle was swollen and couldn't support her anymore. Her bow was useless because there were no arrows left. Behind them was a cliff wall, proving some protection from the attacking youkai. Kagome was perfectly aware that the conclusion of this battle was drawing near. Her friends and herself wouldn't last much longer.

She looked between her friends and foes to the spider hanyou standing on the other side of the battlefield. He was holding his piece of the jewel, grinning at her. She grabbed the bottle with her jewel shards and glanced at it. There were three of them, roughly the same shape and size, glowing pink. An idea came to her mind - one they had discussed as a hypothesis with Miroku some time ago - and she lifted her eyes to meet Inuyasha's golden eye - his other eye was covered by a swollen lid. The hanyou shook his head when she saw the question in her eyes. The miko smiled at him softly and gave a nod.

As they were communicating without words Naraku made his way close to his enemies and stopped twenty meters away from them, laughing evilly. He knew they had no strength left to fight or flee. He supposed they wanted to exchange the jewel shards for their lives. They didn't know he was going to have both. He wanted the jewel, but he also wanted to torment them endlessly.

His laughter stopped when he saw the miko handing the bottle with the shards to the monk. What they were planning to do? Only her touch could purify the jewel, even the monk couldn't do it.

"Thank you, lady Kagome," Miroku's pale lips twisted in a trembling shadow of his charming smile.

"Just do it," Inuyasha growled.

"I don't believe you really said this, Inuyasha," Sango said with all the amusement she could muster. "From all people..."

"Feh!"

"Go, Miroku!" encouraged Shippou. daring to glance back at him. Kagome nodded with a smile. Naraku immediately put a string shield in front of himself, thinking they had a surprise attack planned, even if he couldn't fathom what it could be.

But the Desperate Last Attack of Immense Justice and Everlasting Friendship that should kill the enemy in one strike even if the good guys were almost passed out from wounds and exhaustion never came,

Miroku looked in Naraku's red eyes when he slipped the beads around his right hand just a little. Just enough to...

SSSUP!

...suck in a little glass bottle.

When Naraku finally blinked and his mind came out from the stupor caused by the monk's action there was only one sound filling the air - laughter. He looked up to see a transformed tanuki and cat youkai flying away, the gang safely on their backs.

"See ya later!" Shippou called to the hanyou surrounded by a host of his slaves and turned to help Kagome bandage Inuyasha sprawled out on Hachi's back.

. Epilogue

Somewhere in the Void beyond the world was a chained man. He was floating in nothingness, wrapped tightly in iron chains. His feet were cut off, but his wounds din't bleed anymore. He was waiting for the day he could break free and get his revenge. His eyes weren't focused on anything because there was nothing to look at.

Until...

POP!

...a small glass bottle with shiny gems appeared mere centimeters from his nose.

The man smiled. They weren't Silmarili, but they'd to suffice.

A/N: Bonus points for those who recognize who's the man in the epilogue :D